Improvement in gates



WILLIAM H. GOODALE, OF COLTON, NEW YORK.

Laim Patent No. 92,524, ma July 13, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN GATES.'

The Schedulelr'eferxed to m these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

l To all whom vitY may concern:

Befitknown that I, WILLIAM H. GocDALn, of Gol- ,/fgtfzz, in the county of St. Lawrence, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement to sustain the rear end of the gate against side pressure. f

H is a bar, attached to the posts O and G directly' above and parallel with the bar F, and in such a posiin Gates; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enableothers skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawing, forming part of this speciiication.

The ligure is a side view of myimproved gate partly opened, parts being broken away'to show the construction.

proved gate, simple in' construction, strong, durable,

and easily and conveniently operated; and

It consists in the construction andcombination of various parts of the gate, as hereiuafterniore fullydescribed.

A is the front gate-post, the forward side of .which is grooved longitudinally, to receive a rib or tongue formed upon the forward side of the front vertical bar of the gate B, to support the gate when closed against side pressure.

C is the rear gate-post, along the side of which'the gate B slides.

If desired, another rear post may be set upon the opposite side of the gatel from the post C, to further support 'the rear end 0f the said gate against side pressure.

D is a pulley, pivoted to the upper' part of the post C, in such a position that its upper side may enter a longitudinal groove in the underside of the bar of the gate B, to support said gate as it moves open and shut.

The rear end of the top har b' of the gate projects in the rear of said gate, and has a pulley, E, pivoted to its rear end, which pulley E rolls along the upper edge of the bar F, attached to the posts O and G in such aposition that its upper edge may enter the longitudinal groove in the under side of the top bar b of the gate B, so as not only to support the rear end of the gate while heilig opened and closed, but so as also Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding tion that the upper side of the roller E may bear against it, to balance the weight of the forward part ot' the gate B while s'aid'gate is being opened and closed.

The same thing may be accomplished by suspending a weight, I, from the-projecting rear end of the bar b', as shown'in the figure.

If desired, the projecting part of the bar b may be cut oi or omitted, andthe pulley E pivoted tothe up.- per rear corner of the gate B, as shown in red in the drawing.

A pulley, J, maybe pivoted tothe lower end of the front vertical bar ofthe gate B, to relieve the friction, should theforward end of--the"gate come in contact with the ground.

' Having thus described my invention,

' `What I claim as new, andA desire to secure by Letters Patent, is V 1. The combination ofthe'barll with the grooved under side of the top barb', of the gate B, and with the pulley E, substantiallya's herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth. f'

2.' The-combination ofthe bar H with the bar l, pulley E, and projecting end of the bar b', substantially as herein shown and described, and for thmpurpose setforth.

l 3; The combination of the weight I jecting end of the bar b, with.`the pullel l yith the pro- 'E, and with the bar F, substantially as herein shown iltlnd described,

and for the purpose set forth. 4. The arrangement of the pulley D with the bar Ii, post C, and top bar b of the'gate, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

WM. H. GOODALE.`

Witnesses H. S. HEPBURN, C. O. SAN'BORN. 

